Stela


Accession Number
W1126
Current Location
In storage
Object Type
Architecture, Architectural element, Stela
Period
Byzantine Period
Material
Stone/minerals (Limestone)
Number of Elements
1

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Description

Coptic stela in wooden frame. Floral motifs surrounds architectural facade. Inscribed panel with part of funerary formula. Purchased by Wellcome at an auction of Rustafjaellitems in 1907. According to Robert de Rustafjaell (1909, p. 79), the stela is from the theban region.

Bibliography

de Rustafjaell, Robert 1909. The light of Egypt: from recently discovered predynastic and early Christian records. London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner. [p. 79, pl. 35]